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August 12, 2022

Real estate news: Tractor dealer Eberhard Equipment buys its longtime Santa Ana facility for $8.6M

A tractor dealership that has leased a Santa Ana industrial building for 45 years has bought that longtime home for $8.6 million, according to NAI Capital Commercial. Eberhard Equipment has occupied the 9,780-square-feet facility at...

Judge denies Activision bid to dismiss parts of state discrimination suit

A judge has denied Activision Blizzard’s bid to dismiss parts of a lawsuit brought against the company by the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing, a motion in which the video game maker alleged...

August 11, 2022

Irvine’s Rivian leads EV slump as investors shun the money-losing startup

By Esha Dey | Bloomberg Even a breakthrough US climate bill designed to encourage sales of electric cars has failed to revive investor interest in Rivian Automotive Inc., as the risk-hungry traders who catapulted its...

August 10, 2022

Empire League football preview: What to expect this season

The top players and season outlook for all six teams in the Empire League: EMPIRE LEAGUE CREAN LUTHERAN Top players: Graham Austin, OL, Sr.; Ben Buettell, WR/DB, Jr.; Andrew Duberow, RB/LB, Sr.; Jake Ramirez, WR/DB,...

August 10, 2022

Summer Camp: Kids dive into lifeguard skills at Wild Rivers Water Park

Irvine isn’t the place you think of when someone mentions junior lifeguards. But a new water park at the Great Park is giving inland Orange County kids a unique place to learn water safety. Camp...

August 10, 2022

Irvine man says wife tried to poison him with Drano, obtains restraining order

A day after an Irvine woman was arrested on suspicion of poisoning her husband, he filed for divorce and requested custody of their two children, court documents show. The man’s attorney also filed court documents...

August 9, 2022

White House hosts UCI chancellor for discussion on abortion rights

While clinics and hospitals seem to be at the epicenter of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, universities — including UC Irvine — have also stepped into the spotlight. And the...

August 9, 2022

Irvine Co. sells Hotel Irvine to Hyatt for $135 million

The Irvine Co. has sold the shuttered 541-room Hotel Irvine to Hyatt for $135 million in a deal completing its exit from business hotels. Irvine Co. closed the hotel in the spring of 2020 amid...

August 9, 2022

Man charged with murder in fiery July crash that killed a couple in Irvine

SANTA ANA — A 20-year-old Irvine man appeared in court Monday on two murder charges in connection with a drug-fueled fiery crash that killed a couple in Irvine. Jack Frederick Varga Nagl was charged Wednesday...

August 9, 2022

Teen pilot, vying to be the youngest to fly solo around the world, makes stop in OC

A collage of stickers litters the hood of the one-seater Shark ultralight aircraft, each decal like a postcard from some far-away part of the world: Greece, Oman, Kenya. On his journey to circumnavigate the earth,...